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Chowles presenting at the One Club's One Show Educators' Summit, part of Creative Week 2017.
Ross Chowles on keeping students' attention
[Ann Nurock] I chatted to Ross Chowles, our own South African born and bred ex-creative director of The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town, now an advertising lecturer at Michigan State University, at the One Club's One Show Educators' Summit as part of their Creative Week... read
What does your Learnability Quotient say about you?
What does your Learnability Quotient say about you?

In partnership with Hogan X, ManpowerGroup has developed a web-based visual assessment to identify each individual's LQ, providing insight into their motivation and style of learning... Read

Chance meeting helped SA startup GetSmarter secure over $100m sale
Chance meeting helped SA startup GetSmarter secure over $100m sale

Stephen Timm

A chance meeting with US listed company 2U's CEO Chip Paucek in October last year set Cape Town based SA edtech startup GetSmarter on the road to being acquired by the US firm in a $103-million deal signed on Monday evening. Read

Henley Business School launches #HBR podcasts
Henley Business School launches #HBR podcasts

Henley Business School Africa is launching a new podcasting channel, #HenleyBusinessRadio (#HBR), which will produce two weekly podcasts, designed to bring intelligent, informative insights... Read

Education
Entries for Fedhasa Cape's 2017 Youth Bursary now open
Entries for Fedhasa Cape's 2017 Youth Bursary now open
Fedhasa is calling on all students and trainees from its Cape member institutions, who are studying towards a hospitality qualification and have completed their second year, to apply for funding to the value of R100,000... read
Final call for Allan Gray Fellowship applications
Final call for Allan Gray Fellowship applications
Calling young entrepreneurial dreamers: make your dreams a reality by applying for the Allan Gray university fellowship opportunity by 12 May 2017... read
Six fashion bursaries available in My Fashion Career competition
Six fashion bursaries available in My Fashion Career competition
Lisof, Fashion and Retail Academy is again collaborating with The Sunday Times to offer six fashion diploma or degree bursaries in the 2017 My Fashion Career competition... read
E-learning
E Cape works towards improving education
E Cape works towards improving education
The Eastern Cape Province is working towards developing an e-learning educational system to improve Matric results, says director of E-learning Summit Motse Mfuleni. read
Nursing profession driving change through research and technological developments
Nursing profession driving change through research and technological developments

Dr Sharon Vasuthevan

Not only has the focus on research resulted in increased competence within the nursing group but with the world becoming digital, the rapid introduction of educational technology means that our nurses are empowered... read
Private-public IT collaboration needed to evolve education, employment
Private-public IT collaboration needed to evolve education, employment
The focus at the WEF Africa summit in Durban this week is on inclusive growth and governments need to embrace digitalisation to ensure Africa evolves and provides education and employment opportunities for its citizens and remain globally competitive... read
Higher Education
PAUWES masters programmes open for admissions
PAUWES masters programmes open for admissions
The admissions process for the Pan African University Institute for Water and Energy Sciences (PAUWES) masters programmes, starting in September 2017, is now open... read
Do you have a degree? The increasing job requirement...
Do you have a degree? The increasing job requirement...

Jesse Green

South Africa is one of few African countries that offer plenty of job opportunities in various industries. However, these jobs don't come easy, with over a quarter (27%) of these positions stating a degree as a requirement... read
NWU student aces her PhD - at just 23 years of age
NWU student aces her PhD - at just 23 years of age

Shenaaz Jamal

A 23-year-old North West University student has become one of the youngest on the continent to obtain a doctorate... read
Primary & Secondary Education
Parktown Boys High allegations of sexual abuse under investigation
Parktown Boys High allegations of sexual abuse under investigation
The Gauteng Department of Education has expressed concerns about the allegations of sexual abuse at Parktown Boys High School, as reported in the Sunday Times newspaper at the weekend... read
Gauteng processes over 150,000 online applications
Gauteng processes over 150,000 online applications
The Gauteng Provincial Government says it had successfully processed beyond 150,000 applications for the 2018 school year registration, by lunch time, on Wednesday, 3 May 2017... read
SA learners participate in US science Olympiad
SA learners participate in US science Olympiad
Three South African learners will participate in the International Sustainable World Energy, Engineering, and Environment Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP) that kicks off today in the United States, said Eskom... read
Pioneer Foods launches nutrition programme in KZN
Pioneer Foods launches nutrition programme in KZN
Pioneer Foods recently rolled out its schools breakfast nutrition programme in five disadvantaged schools in KwaZulu-Natal... read
After-school programme adds artistic flair, opportunity for youth facilitators
After-school programme adds artistic flair, opportunity for youth facilitators
The Cape Craft and Design Institute has partnered with the Western Cape government's After-School Game Changer programme to pilot a year-long visual arts project in primary schools... read
Gauteng kickstarts online applications
Gauteng kickstarts online applications
The online admission for Grades 1 and 8 for the 2018 academic year in Gauteng have officially started, says the Gauteng Department of Education... read
Skills Training
University or vocational training: How to choose what is right for you
University or vocational training: How to choose what is right for you

Issued by Oxbridge Academy

An education expert says that many people don't understand the various options available for school-leavers, and even fewer understand the opportunities available to those who follow the vocational training path... read
SANRAL Training Academy offers crucial engineering experience
SANRAL Training Academy offers crucial engineering experience
SANRAL provides crucial training to engineering graduates at its Training Academy in Port Elizabeth, where it assists graduates to gain experience in key training areas... read
Need for native speakers to create multilingual chatbots
Need for native speakers to create multilingual chatbots
As chatbots, cognitive technologies, and natural language understanding (NLU) take centre stage, having a workforce that can write these in the applicable language is essential... read
Damelin Graduate makes the catwalks of Mozambique Fashion Week
Damelin Graduate makes the catwalks of Mozambique Fashion Week

Issued by Damelin

Lucia de Almeida was already an accomplished young woman with an honours in psychology, but decided to pursue her dream of becoming a fashion designer... read
SMME Opportunity Roadshow sparks entrepreneurial spirit
SMME Opportunity Roadshow sparks entrepreneurial spirit
The 2017 SMME Opportunity Roadshow, which opened in Gauteng on 20 April and moves to Port Elizabeth (19 May), Durban (19 July) and Cape Town (6 September), offers entrepreneurs an opportunity to hear expert opinion on sustainable business growth... read
International
Microsoft out to regain ground in schools with Surface
Microsoft has unveiled a Surface laptop and streamlined operating software in a move aimed at regaining ground in classrooms, where Google Chromebooks have taken hold... read
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Business
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Survey: Customer satisfaction is what differentiates life cover providers
Metropolitan has come out tops in the latest South African Customer Satisfaction Index for life insurance... read
Jobs offered
Preschool Music/Movement Teacher - Johannesburg
Junior Jive is looking for dynamic educators with music experience to take the joy of music and movement to every preschooler in South Africa. Own car is essential. Read more >>


New events to diarise
Relationships are the currency of the future - Are you making the right investments? - 24 May 2017, Johannesburg
Join Paula Quinsee, relationship expert and author, on how to cultivate healthy relationships. This talk forms part of Henley Business School's family-friendly programme for alumni, students and the public. Read more >>



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